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people so far. reports indicate that engineers ordered the building evacuated yesterday after they found a crack in the wall. but the facility's owner refused to close it down. the building allegedly houses four garment factories a bank, and some shops. an elvis impersonator from mississippi is free today after authorities say he is not the man who sent ricin-laced letters to president obama. senator roger wicker and a state judge. federal prosecutors dropped the charges against paul kevin curtis but left open the possibility of charging him again if they discover more evidence. curtis says he is innocent. >> when you've been charged with something and you've never heard of ricin or whatever, i thought they said rice. i said i don't even eat rice. >> the fbi is now investigating a second man from mississippi everett dusky who had a falling out with curtis years ago but who says he has nothing to do with sending poisonous mail.

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>> stephanie: now he has more time to investigate that whole elvis impersonator contest situation in tupelo, mississippi. that apparently was the big story. it was buried there. yeah. who knew? that's the problem. there are so many stories going on simultaneously with so many conspiracies. somebody framed him apparently. >> that's what they're thinking. >> stephanie: suspect number one in the boston thing conspiracy guy. alex jones fan who says that's a conspiracy. this is awesome. [ applause ] >> well, i was over to the other building on the other side of the valley and i think it was the george murray show, had a girl call in who said she saw a police cruiser run over suspect number one and then they shot him several times and load his dead body in the ambulance. she sounded terrified so maybe she was an actress. >> stephanie: really now? yesterday we delved into the whole russian thing. just sayin', putin there a little too quickly for my taste.

that was before they named the suspects. might i be of some assistance? hello! huh? how did you know about this? >> we're pulling out of afghanistan. why not stop on the way home. you have guns and bullets, you know? >> stephanie: okay. >> wow. >> stephanie: conspiracy. >> he's kind of got us over a barrel since 1961, this is the first time we haven't had a manned space program, we have to hitch a ride with the russians to get there. >> stephanie: you have to hang a thumb out the window. >> hope they get home. >> stephanie: right! >> russians are basically using the same rocket, more powerful version of it that they launched sputnik with in 1967. they go with what works for them, i guess. >> stephanie: that was the story. the suspect in the ricin letters, that was yesterday. he had been released from

jail -- because i was going huh? the mississippi man charged with sending poison letters to president obama u.s. senator and a state judge released from jail yesterday. then you know, they had a press conference at 5:00 and said he's been cleared. the release came a day after an fbi agent testified in court. searches of curtis' house found no evidence of ricin or no other physical evidence tying him to the mailings. over two days of hearings, a third day was canceled without explanation. we knew something was up. but i guess they're saying it was -- somebody knew his brother and they had exchanged angry e-mails or something. >> yeah. >> stephanie: has anyone else been arrested? >> no. >> stephanie: okay. >> so ricin guy is still on the loose. they found no -- >> stephanie: i still highly recommend him singing little red corvette to a class of eighth graders. >> yeah, he did. >> stephanie: he's not just an elvis impersonator. he does prince and jerry lewis.

>> little red corvette is not about cars. >> oh, really? hmm. >> so, you know. >> raspberry beret? >> stephanie: interesting. all right. so a lot of developments out of boston, out of the ricin -- that was a little bit of a shock. >> okay. >> has no rhyme or ricin. >> stephanie: i kind of knew there was something up because his ex-wife said he's off his meds. so you kind of went oh, he's a crazy guy. okay. >> they found no traces of ricin at all in his house. >> stephanie: i was saying if you've ever done a radio station event, there's at least one of those guys there. no offense. you know who you are. >> rice-a-roni the mississippi treat. >> stephanie: could you hand this to jim? yes, i could. yes, i will. because they were talking about the way the senator -- because he seemed to be nervous every time i would talk with him at events and back nervously to the door. >> we're very familiar with that. >> stephanie: i have the radio

station event moonwalk. uh-huh uh-huh, thanks for coming. you know what? call chris directly about that. >> yeah, thank you. >> stephanie: it's your job. okay. here he is. former ricin suspect paul kevin curtis. >> i've had real representation from an attorney at law and i'll be honest, i haven't had a lot of faith in attorneys. i've went through 20 or so in the last 13 years i will never let you go. >> stephanie: in relation to the organ harvesting conspiracy. >> oh. >> stephanie: thing that he apparently has been quite involved in. >> does he believe those urban legends where people wake up in hotel bathtubs filled with rice and their kidney is gone? >> i don't know. >> stephanie: who hasn't had that happen? who hasn't had a friend call and say steph why am i in a bathtub wrought a kidney? why are you calling me?

>> it happens in chechnya all the time! >> stephanie: see everything is magically connecting. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] all of the stories. has anyone asked followup questions? will he be devoting more time to the rigging of the elvis impersonator contests in tupelo, mississippi or the organ harvesting situation. >> tupelo. >> stephanie: he has time on his hands now. >> a little bit. >> now that he's out of jail. >> stephanie: bad news for elvis impersonators. >> are they harvesting other keyboards besides organs? >> stephanie: mean while back at the boston ranch, the suspect in last week's marathon bombing attack has been upgraded from serious to fair condition. he was able to speak. he said no. >> he said one word. >> stephanie: can i afford an attorney. ricin guy offered him his attorney since he won't need him anymore. because everything is connected now. >> he's been through quite a few of them. i'm sure he has a few attorneys

to spare. >> who goes through 20 attorneys? >> crazy ricin guy! >> stephanie: is it wrong to be sad that ricin guy won't be in the news anymore? he was the one comedy gift last week in a week of horror. now, he's gone. now we can't have nice comedy things, jim! okay. so obviously more coming out about the bomb suspect. tamerlan, the deceased bomb suspect, in years before the boston marathon bombings, tamerlan tsarnaev -- right i apologize to the person who said i'm racist because i'm mispronouncing the names. obviously they never listen to the show to know i mispronounce everything. >> everyone mispronounces my name. >> stephanie: you have too many vowels. in a row.

>> i have vowels to spare. because i have a e i o in my last name. >> see some towns in wales where it is all consonants. it is pronounced jones. how do you get jones out of that? >> stephanie: spare some as, hawaii, there are entirely too many as. too many as. they're hog all of the as. >> there is a type of lava that's all as. >> stephanie: you have to be an a-hog? >> they're like human aw, aw paddles. >> stephanie: that's why the russians can't have nice as because of hawaii. i hope you're happy. >> hawaii is hog them all. >> stephanie: a lot of russian names sound like a record going backward to me. tamerlan fell under the influence of a new friend, we have a new character in the plot. can i have some russian music please? a muslim convert who steered the

apathetic man toward a strict strain of muslim -- >> this is the guy with one name right? like cher or madonna. >> stephanie: he's somebody that -- like the goldie hawn movie, the guy with the one -- blue eye. >> oh, in the "money pit," you know the conductor guy? >> stephanie: the scary russian villains. we're back to the days of dolph lundgren. >> who was actually swedish. >> stephanie: there is always a scary russian villain. >> no russians in old times. >> there was -- >> stephanie: which one am i thinking of? >> arnold schwarzenegger played a russian cop in red something. >> "red heat." >> stephanie: his wife. the woman he married the big tall blond, brigitte nielsen.

>> they were never married. >> no. >> completely different. >> no but -- >> you're off the rails. >> i was trying to learn a russian accent. he really couldn't quite do it. he goes up to touch the guy's neck if he's still alive. this man has no bowels -- he meant to say pulse. you can tell that by touching his neck, wow you're good. this man has no bowels. >> stephanie: it is not a tumor. >> that was "kindergarten cop." >> it's not a tumor. >> stephanie: listen, let's move on! okay. mischa. new character. >> yes. >> stephanie: mischa is here for you. come on in. this is mischa. >> come see the mischa. >> stephanie: i'm having like flashbacks to every movie in the

'80s. under the friend known to the sarv every family known only as mischa, he gave up boxing and stopped studying music. he started opposing the wars in afghanistan and iraq. and the jews control the world. they don't? somehow he took his brain said tamerlan's uncle. oh no, he turned it into -- >> they stole hitler's brain. >> you brought me an abnormal brain? >> stephanie: i wonder if he helped him with that hump. >> perhaps i could help with you that hump. >> what hump? >> stephanie: throughout his religious makeover, tamerlan -- i'm sorry. a lot of this is not funny. it has been a really rough week and we need a little comic relief. throughout his religious makeover tamerlan main taped a strong influence over his -- i think you've given me the wrong

pronunciation of dzhokhar. well, there are different pronunciations. >> stephanie: he would do whatever tamerlan would say. even my ex-wife loved him so much, i would have arguments with her and tamerlan took my side, she would agree okay if tamerlan said it. he was some sort of, you know, charismatic leader in the family. >> related to russ tamerlan? >> stephanie: i do not know. the brothers emigrated in 2002 or 2003 from dagestan, a russian republic that's become an epicenter that spilled over from chechnya. they were raised in a home that followed sunni islam. religion's largest sect. they were not regulars at a mosque and rarely discussed religion. clearly, they got radicalized later here from the internet or mischa. >> it was foul play that had the evil russians.

>> kelby. >> stephanie: it is mischa. mischa's here. >> natasha where is mischa? >> stephanie: ridiculous. in 2008 or 2009, tamerlan met mischa, a slightly older heavy set bald man with a long, reddish beard. he met yukon cornelius. >> nothing. >> stephanie: they attended a boston area mosque together. mischa, an armenian native and a convert to islam. >> armenians are christian. >> she said that. >> stephanie: you don't listen to me, do you jim? >> huh what? >> stephanie: 19 hours after the hour. it is fascinating. all of the latest information from the boston case, ricin guy is free. >> ricin guy is free. >> we have a ricin guy on the

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>> what? >> stephanie: russian music please. all right. you could burn yourself cooking your crystal meth without underwears on. >> now you're stereotyping. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: okay. more details coming out about the boston plot. tamerlan became an ardent reader of jihadist web sites and extremist propaganda. he read an online publication proud by al-qaeda. they were not connected to any large -- that this was -- they're calling self-radicalized from the web site, from perhaps mischa. what we've discussed earlier. lots more stuff coming out. fascinating details. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show."

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>> stephanie: 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. jesse in montana. you're on the "the stephanie miller show." hello, jess. >> caller: hello, mama. this is jesse montana. >> stephanie: hello. go ahead. >> caller: i want to talk to you about max baucus just a second. >> stephanie: yes. he's not running again. thank god. >> caller: praise god. he was planning to run. he was setting up. he had $5, $6 million whatever. when he voted on that gun act

and he voted against it, the people of this state went crazy! >> stephanie: yeah, i know. >> caller: a lot of people in montana aren't native monday tan ans, we've come here because we like the lifestyle. and we're not all as red as folks think. >> stephanie: very purply. max baucus, your work is done. make sure we don't have a public option and voted against background checks. oh, by the way so where is my russian music? we're still -- we're still -- we're uncovering a lot of the stuff about this -- about the boston suspect. tamerlan. kelby was helpful enough to say it was the albino in the movie foul play with goldie hawn. there is no russian -- only movie there was no russian villain. that was a heyday, jim for people who liked russian villains.

the russian dancer. >> he defected. >> stephanie: not jacqueline beset. him. >> he was the russian in die hard and he was the russian in "the money pit." >> stephanie: maybe another second heyday for russian villains. tamerlan took an interest in infaux wars, a conspiracy web site. he was interested in finding a protocol, the classic anti-semitic hoax first published in russia in 1903, a plot to take over the world. a friend of his said he never said he hated america or the jews. i get it was implied. but he was fairly aggressive toward the policies of the u.s. toward countries with muslim populations. he disliked the wars. and again, it is -- they're saying that he is -- dzhokhar is saying that, you know, they acted alone. they weren't connected to anything. it is hard to say. then you have different members of their families.

the mom, little bit wacky. a little off about the mom. but really? i'm going to try to pronounce that? you know what? it is good you screwed that up and not me. >> i'm a racist. >> i mow that mikey has nothing to do with it. i know it. i'm mother. i know my kid. i know my kid. he would never get involved into anything. >> stephanie: we'll take your word for it. >> every mom is required to say that. >> stephanie: it is on tape. my boy is a good boy. they would never -- what does orly taitz think about this? >> we can get her on the line. >> stephanie: does she have a conspiracy theory about the

conspiracy theories involved in this? >> well, she thinks obama is behind it. >> i wonder if she think it is a conspiracy that alex jones thinks the conspiracy against him is a conspiracy. >> stephanie: a lot of the birther conspiracies are after her. she's all up in this. how many russian -- how many russian lawyer dentists do you know? >> she's israeli. >> israeli monthly dough van. >> stephanie: she's from a fictional place. >> where they had the dynasty. >> stephanie: she won't ever show me her birth certificate. she died in the massacre. she's just an imposter at this point. >> orly? >> you're going to get a letter from her. >> stephanie: i know it. okay. so yeah, the 19-year-old suspect, obviously from his hospital room, they told investigators the american wars in iraq and afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the attack. he acknowledged -- mom!

he acknowledged his role. yeah that family, they probably need orly taitz to advise them legally because they're a little loose on legal details. dad, before they caught him, he was like he is good boy. you come home now. >> no, he can't. he's being detained. >> computer says no. >> stephanie: he has his whole life ahead of him. come home to russia. >> no, russia is not his home. >> stephanie: he's acknowledged his role. it is actually chilling when you look at the tape. it is just so clear. they're dropping the knapsack and operating the cell phones and the only person in the tape that's not startled. at what's going on. the authorities are saying they do not appear to have been directed by a foreign terrorist organization. rather the officials say the evidence so far suggests they were self-radicalized through internet site the and u.s. actions in the muslim world. yes. >> mom was arrested last year for shoplifting clothes from lord & taylor.

>> oh, wow. >> stephanie: i did not do it. i was framed. >> had the camera. >> exactly. >> stephanie: i did not do it. i was framed. >> she was charged with larceny and two counts of malicious wanton damage and damage -- >> i know my sons. they would not do this. >> she has a record. >> stephanie: i was framed. it was my friend, natasha. it was not me. >> it wasn't zubel dot? >> the chechnyan version of pink dot. >> stephanie: joke ar has provided limited information to authorities that indicates he and his brother acted independently without significant influence from islamist militants overseas. officials said the fbi -- oh, this is what the whole question is about. the fbi had questioned tamerlan at the behest of russian authorities who had become concerned he was becoming radicalized. this is where it gets fishy, right? the request was conveyed to

officials at the u.s. embassy in moscow. u.s. officials sought followup information from moscow but moscow failed to respond. but gosh, puttin' was there -- putin was there quickly. >> i was in the neighborhood. [knock at door] >> stephanie: officials also expressed skepticism that russian authorities were concerned about the elder tsarnaev's contacts during his trip to russia. the evidence point to the fact they let him into the country and let him out. a u.s. official said they didn't take legal action which they could have while he was there. there is a lot of this, that is a little off. so the only -- we were talking about joke ar's condition has been upgraded to fair. the only word he spoke during the hearing was no when asked if he could afford a lawyer. for comedy purposes, might i

suggest orly taitz. the judge ended the session -- >> probably needs a dentist too. >> stephanie: he probably does. >> i want to get zubeldot and orly taitz in the same room. >> the zubeldot and orly show. >> the judge found him alert lucid. authorities are continuing a worldwide investigation of the marathon attack looking into whether foreign or domestic terrorist groups helped. because obviously you don't know if he's telling the truth. that's what authorities are saying at this time. authorities in massachusetts confirm that they're investigating with the elder brother may have been connected to a triple homicide. did you hear this? in waltham massachusetts, in september of 2011. "the boston globe" reported tamerlan was friends with brendan mess, one of three people found dead in an apartment on the afternoon of september 12th. no word if mischa was involved. [ ♪ dramatic ♪ ] >> played by alexander godunov.

>> stephanie: or lundgren. tamerlan was arrested. this was the other -- the previous one which is why i think his citizenship was being held up. he was arrested on charges of assault and battery after slapping a girlfriend. then the wacky uncle was quoted as saying they got in an argument and he hit her lightly. >> as you do. >> stephanie: he's a trained boxer. >> little love tap. >> hardly broke any bones. >> just a little noogie. >> stephanie: okay then. all right. senator chuck grassley which you can't get grassley without ass as we were saying and janet napolitano yesterday. >> was your department aware of his travels to russia and if you weren't, the reason? >> yes the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. by the time he returned, all investigations had been -- the matter had been closed. >> stephanie: one might suspect that rice ya is where

the ricin guy was from. >> maybe it is riceya ricin. >> stephanie: caviar sale. >> kind you get at the 99 cent store. it looks like ajax. >> stephanie: all right. do you think lindsey graham keeps objection general in his office? >> oh, my stars. >> stephanie: he has barely a moment to stop getting the vapors over something. nearly hardly recovered from his benghazi vapors when now he has the vapors over why this guy isn't being treated as an enemy combatant. did jay carney not say it completely like -- there's only one way to say it. it is against the law. he is a united states citizen that committed the crime. jay carney said we will prosecute this terrorist through

our civilian system of justice under u.s. law. united states citizens cannot be tried in military commissions. >> if the justice department had tried him as an enemy combatant lindsey graham would have said you're break the law. he's an american citizen. >> stephanie: why didn't we follow donald trump's idea of waterboarding him before he recovered from his throat injuries to see what kind of information we could have gotten. >> water board him while his head is underwater. if he doesn't answer, then we know he did it. >> stephanie: he's dead. now we don't know anything. thanks donald. by the way -- >> you're fired. snow cover senator graham and janet napolitano. >> it picked up his departure but not him coming back, correct? >> the fbi text alert on him at that point was more than a year old and had expired. >> stephanie: a lot of interesting stuff including surprising thoughts from rand paul on all of this. 45 minutes -- although maybe not surprising. one thing -- you're like yes!

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this story. you know, it is typical but house g.o.p. paul ryan cut $400 million from embassy safety funding. >> including benghazi. >> stephanie: wonder if that will give lindsey graham the vapors. lindsey graham yesterday talking about the boston case. >> after having talked to the fbi, they told me they had no knowledge of him leaving or coming back. the name was misspelled and when we say there was no broader% flight here, i don't know how in the world we know that at this early stage. >> stephanie: yeah, you know, it is hard to say. this whole thing, we were talking about the russia connection, it is a little weird. somebody was saying that you know, the russians could have done something about this as well. it is a little suspicious. it is not -- i don't know whether the fbi dropped the ball or whether -- to what degree russia was involved with this. >> sounds like certain organizations weren't speaking to each other again. kind of like 9-11. >> stephanie: could have been. >> i'm not talking to you!

>> stephanie: senator dianne feinstein. that's not senator dianne feinstein. that's somebody else. >> oh, it is mitch mcconnell. >> the turtle. >> as a result of the administration's poor planning, i would argue political motives thousands of people were stuck on tarmacs over the last few days. >> stephanie: wait a minute. what are we doing here? we have dianne feinstein. we're still on the boston case. cut four. cut four. dianne feinstein was talking about the fbi. >> no. it is messed up. >> stephanie: okay. >> you're fired! >> stephanie: that still works. >> thank you. great. >> stephanie: senator rand paul said monday boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev should not be treated as an enemy combatant. it puts him at odds with some of his republican colleagues. this is one point where he makes sense and then suddenly, you'll be like wow that is right. everything else you said is wrong. but he said i see no reason why

our constitution is not strong enough to convict this young man with a jury trial with the bill of rights. we do it to horrible people all the time. rapists and murderers get trials with juries and we seem to do a pretty good job with justice. i think we can do it through our court system. which, as we were saying, jay carney explained fairly -- there is -- all you need is one sentence. we will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice under u.s. law, united states citizens cannot be tried in military conditions, period. it seems like they just need something to get worked up about. it is the vapor caucus led by well-known southern bell lindsey graham. >> oh, my stars. >> stephanie: apparently -- i swear to god always seems like it has to be some way to criticize the president. no matter what it is. all right. i want to give a -- give it up for my teamster friends. all of the teamsters came in. it made me hot. i don't know why. i love teamsters. but how often is this?

they formed a human wall against westboro baptist church that were picturing a -- picketing a bombing victim's funeral. they threatened they would be picketing the funeral of krystle campbell. 200 teamsterred had gathered at the funeral site. the family deserves a peaceful grieving process. the teamsters mobile rise their members and unions and other unions through twitter and facebook yesterday. good for them! ♪ let's hear it for the boy ♪ ♪ let's give the boy a hand ♪ >> stephanie: wow. did you see ap's twitter feed was hacked? as if things aren't tense enough, they sent out a false tweet about explosions at the white house and the president was injured. >> this is where tweeting gets evil. >> the dow completely dropped like a rock right after that happened. it recovered and ended up at the end of the day -- with a gain

but still. >> it is too easy to cause mayhem now. >> stephanie: particularly when everybody is so tense over all of the stuff going on from last week. but they immediately put out the president's fine. there has been no explosions. >> i suggest they change their password. >> stephanie: don't forget the dog's name. that's the hard way. >> stephanie: all right. hey, this might be why. the tsa has delayed their knife policy. they were going to let us have knives. on planes. they decided to just hit the pause button on that. the tsa said it will hold off on changing its list of prohibited items on airplanes. the agency said last month. >> we will continue taking pictures of your junk and radiating you. >> they're getting rid of all of those machines. >> stephanie: they said last month, small pocket knives as well as golf clubs hockey sticks lacrosse and billiard pool cues could get smacked --

you could get smacked in the head by a pool cue by some drunk. that's awesome. >> who hasn't had that happen? >> stephanie: a novelty bat. right. they had said last month, they would be allowed on planes for the first time in more than a decade. changes were to go into effect tomorrow actually. the decision to allow knives with blades less than 2.3 inches was met with opposition from airlines and flight attendants who seem to have some concern about getting stabbed. [ laughter ] >> what could possibly go wrong? >> ow! >> did you stab me with a novelty bat? >> stephanie: stop it! >> is that a novelty bat or are you happy to see me? >> stephanie: i love the tsa put out a statement we're just going to pause while we hear people's concerns. concerns like -- ♪ you are an idiot ♪ >> stephanie: with a no amity

bat. -- with a novelty bat. what's wrong with you? they're going on a listening tour. they're pausing briefly to hear people's feedback. >> didn't they hear the feedback? >> stephanie: i think so. i think that's why they're pausing. >> exactly. >> stephanie: they're reviewing. [ ♪ dramatic ♪ ] [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] i meant to do this. they're reviewing. all right. >> how about a wiffle ball bat. >> stephanie: i don't feel bats of any kind should be allowed. >> wiffle ball bats are filled with air. >> stephanie: don't listen, don't encourage. law enforcement officials searched the home -- ricin guy is free. if you've just woken up, we have former ricin guy elvis impersonator on the loose. he was framed is what they're saying. law enforcement officials searching the home of the second man in connection to the ricin-laced letters because that's what he was -- he was -- >> probably just a guy who cut him off at the wendy's

drive-through. >> stephanie: some sort of mississippi fight. going to send ricin letters and sign your name! >> i'll show him. >> stephanie: his it tupelo, mississippi -- i wonder if he's involved in the elvis rigging contest. his home was searched tuesday by dozens of officials. some in hazmat suits. he had feuded with kevin curtis. >> cut him off in line at wendy's. >> we don't know that. >> that's better. >> stephanie: i know when he had the hearings, he kept mouthing to everybody i didn't do it. i didn't do it. he kept whispering it. >> maybe we should have listened to him. >> stephanie: apparently he was right. every department says that. like all right! 58 minutes after the hour. back with eric boehlert and more as we continue on "the stephanie miller show."

[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: all right. hello current tv world. eric boehlert coming up from media matters to talk about republicans cutting embassy funding. funny that. jacki schechner. >> i was just thinking about that story about the knives and the tsa. why do they bundle together novelty bats, pool cues and oh, knives. is there a real demand to reintroduce pool cues? >> stephanie: hockey sticks?

something? i don't know what that's all about. >> angry lacrosse teams? >> stephanie: what about drunken, angry lacrosse teams that you happen to be on a plane with? all right. lots more going on in the news. including second mississippi man investigated in the ricin case. we have more on that. first, here's jacki schechner in the current news center. >> good morning everybody. while boylston street, the site of the boston marathon bombings is reopened today for the first time, too many questions remain as to why dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev set off the two explosions that killed three and injured more than 260 people. the senate intelligence committee has held a closed-door meeting with fbi and other law enforcement officials and senator saxby chambliss says so far there is no evidence that anyone dropped the ball. however, according to senator susan collins as chris mentioned earlier agencies do appear to have some issues when it comes to sharing intelligence information. not only with each other but in at least one case, she says

within one particular agency. american investigators have reportedly traveled to russia and are now in contact with the parents of the two suspects. their mother is believed to be speaking with u.s. and russian security officials. their father has been called to russian security service headquarters but says he is too sick to go. the u.s. government is suing cyclist lance armstrong saying he violated his contract with the u.s. postal service by using performance enhancing drugs. the u.s. postal service paid about $40 million to sponsor armstrong's teams for six of his seven tour de france wins. armstrong personally got about $17 million from the deal between 1998 and 2004. government wants its money back. former c.i.a. director david petraeus who resigned last november after admitting to an affair with his biographer is now going into academics. petraeus will join the city university of new york in august. he will be a visiting professor. we're back with more show for

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there will be another one this year sometime. who can say when or where. well, i could but i won't. because i would have to kill you. all right. you know, i want to talk a little about the gun stuff because obviously last week, you know, that would have been the story last week. the shameful vote in the senate on guns and of course, there was so much other news. but i didn't want some of the stuff to get lost. john cornyn had the audacity, we mentioned this last week to say president obama took the low road with his gun control remarks. really? i love when they say this in this condescending way. i say this with more saddens than anger. i watched the president say it was a shameful day for washington on the national news. i agree for different reasons than the president articulated. oh, please! really? when lawmakers go against what over 90% of the people want, it is the president that's

shameful. >> gun registration leads to confiscation. >> yeah, right. >> stephanie: cornyn took issue with obama's charge republicans are intimidated by the gun lobby. yeah, that's crazy. [ cuckoo clock chimes ] crazy for the president to say that. and that they have no coherent argument against expanding background checks or limiting high-capacity magazines except the fact that they have no coherent argument against it. the president could have taken the high road, cornyn said. he chose to take the low road. i agree with him. it was a truly shameful day. oh, i know. he said -- cornyn said he does not represent the nra. instead he represents the views of 26 million texans. oh, i see. really? 92%, none of them are texans that think there should be reasonable background checks? okay. i've got some new statistics and yet another study out jim that's going to make gun nuts' heads explode. [ explosion ] about how, as it turns out guns really don't prevent crime that

much really. >> you don't say. >> stephanie: who was the republican, arkansas guy suggestion that in the midst of the boston crisis maybe everyone should have had an ak-47 and should have been running that should a panic shooting randomly at people that the "new york post" thought might have been involved in some way. >> that would have been helpful. [ ♪ battle hymn of republic ♪ ] michael tomasky. >> your boyfriend. >> stephanie: who i want to date and kiss and marry from the "daily beast." because again, i don't want this to get lost. he wrote a great of great piece called a shameful day in the senate. the nra got its victory but michael tomasky's confident years from now we'll look on last week when the gun lobby overreach and laid the ground work for its own undoing. i hope so! he's happy clappy like me. every strong political movement hits the point of overreach and the pro gun movement hit that point yesterday. morally repulsive vote on the background check bill. we know the cliche it has power.

gun control people aren't zealous. wayne lapierrre and 46 craven senators they have created millions of zealots and as furious as i am, i'm strangely at peace because i'm more confident than ever that the nra won't ever be stronger in washington than on the day of this vote. it is a time when the gun control lobby grew. it is a blunt ininstrument used to bully democrats. it will start to turn to vote for modest measures. the nra won this one but as president obama said, this is just round one. more rounds are coming and the balance of power is going to change. michael goes on to say what we've been saying. you cannot oppose the will of 90% of the public and expect no consequences. you can't introduce amendments then encourage more interstate transfer of weapons to give it the way beyond name safe communities act and think that karma will never come back around on you. and you can't sneer at the parents of dead 6-year-olds and

expect that god isn't watching and taking note. sickening, the poor cowardly democrats do. >> stephanie: that's where i got my inspiration for this. i'm going to torture them with bette midler music until they grow a conscience. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> this bill is a clear overreach that will predominantly harass our neighbors, our friends and our families. so to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens of the commonwealth of kentucky and other states i will oppose s. 649. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> trying to take it to the violent criminal than taking it to the innocent second amendment law-abiding citizen. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> this is the first step in the erosion of our rights under the second amendment. ♪ from a distance ♪ >> stephanie: watching you! watching! >> i had to listen to that for a couple of hours yesterday while putting that together.

>> stephanie: it is michael tomasky's fault. you know who else god is watching? [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] this is where the debate -- twin cities regular talk show host, davis, offered an all-expense paid trip to connecticut to repeat the families who lost loved ones can go to hell for having a visible role in the current national debate on gun control. he said -- they think they're being so brave you know. and controversial. edgy. he said i have something to say to the victims of newtown or any other shooting. i don't care if it is here in minneapolis. just because a bad thing happened to you don't mean you get to put a king in charge of my life. i'm sorry you suffered a tragedy. deal with it. don't force me to lose my liberty which is a greater tragedy than your loss. >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god! >> people are insane! >> really! >> stephanie: that's the real tragedy here. >> wow! >> stephanie: i'm sick and tired of seeing the victims

trodded out given rides on air force i. i would stand in front of them and tell them go to hell. >> well, you can probably tell them that from hell. >> i wonder if he will take them up on that trip. >> stephanie: this is the level this debate has gotten to. james raised eyebrows friday when he questioned how gabby giffords who he said had severe impairments of her motor and speech functions could have possibly written her "new york times" op-ed so quickly. it sounded odd gifford was able to finish writing the piece less than five hours after the senate vote. he attacked giffords' plea for stricter gun control and a couple for the "wall street journal" calling her a practitioner of incivility and unreason. >> oh, my god. >> stephanie: so there's that. [ ♪ battle hymn of republic ♪ ] a little smidge more from michael tomasky. >> i think that's proof that there is no god. those people haven't been hit by lightning. >> stephanie: right in the midst of telling newtown people

to go to hell. a big lightning bolt. tomasky writes obama's word were the most powerful. manchin's courage was tremendous. to say the nra lied, flat out say it is amazing. he's like key than you in -- he is like keanu reeve leaving the devil's embrace. putting everything into the fight. he not only took on the nra and its whores in congress. why do this. he should have struck while the iron was hot. he should have talked to republicans more. yes, it was clear a challenge to the nra was likely to lose. that isn't what we should dictate a politician's actions. he spoke out of conviction. there is a -- that is rare enough among policy pigstitions that obama should not be nitpicked for that or the thing he did or didn't do. this is one of the blackest days in the senate's history right up there with the filibusters of civil rights bills. this is a civil rights issue. the gun nuts culminate about

their rights. that little boy at sandy hook school who got his jawbone blown off and his mother insisted on an open casket had civil rights, too. the first of which is safety in his person. so did his classmates and teachers and the hundreds and thousands of victims, a train of corpses that could stretch around the world silenced in life and silenced again yesterday by mitch mcconnell and 45 other people who have a little bit of those victims' blood splattered on their hands. they will be heard from yet. thank you michael tomasky. [ applause ] >> stephanie: you know what? we're watching you. i'm just saying. i'm doing it again. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> this bill is a clear overreach that will predominantly punish and harass our neighbors our friends and our families. so to protect the right of law-abiding citizens of the commonwealth of kentucky and other states, i will oppose and vote against s649.

♪ god is watching us ♪ >> we're trying to take it to the violent criminal rather than takinging it to the innocent law-abiding citizen. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> this is the first step in the erosion of our rights under the second amendment. ♪ from a distance ♪ >> i wonder if mitch mcconnell's shell will stop a bullet. >> stephanie: president obama, you are the wind beneath my wings. i'm not doing that one. >> not the whole bette midler catalog. do a fun song. >> stephanie: that is really fun. these are some not so fun gun facts. to make gun nuts go bat [ bleep ] crazy guns are rarely used to kill criminals or stop crimes according to a new violence center report. the study co-author said the idea that ordinary citizens need access to firepower to defend themselves against criminals has become the default argument against the weapons ban and this new data exposes the fallacy of such arguments and clearly demonstrates the frequency with

which guns are used in self-defense in the real world has nothing in common with pro gun assertions that firearms are used millions of times each year to kill criminals or stop crimes. in fact a far more likely to be stolen than used in self-defense. here it is! look! this is new study 19,392 gun suicides. 8,275 criminal gun homicides. 606 unintentional gun deaths. these are all 2010. 230 justifiable homicides. so there. so that happened. all right. 18 minutes after the hour. i promise the next segment will be bette midler free. as it is for all of us. 18 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> that was strangely arousing! >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is

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meds. so that happened. okay. eric in austin, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hello, eric. >> caller: good morning. go ahead. [ indiscernible ] >> the laws that are already there. >> stephanie: no, that's not true. it closes the gun show loophole. >> caller: okay. what is the gun show loophole? >> stephanie: you don't need to get a background check. anybody can buy a gun at a gun show. >> caller: no. most dealers are listened, have a -- licensed, have a federal arms, have to do a background check. it is individual sale that's not covered. that's a very small percent of actual sales that happen at gun shows. i go to them. i frequent them. >> stephanie: this is also for people that buy gups off the internet. >> caller: okay. that was covered in a law back several years ago.

you have to go through background check if you're a federal firearms licensed dealer also. you cannot send firearms through the mail. >> stephanie: is there not a reason that 90 something percent of the american people feel this needs to be done if what you're saying is true, do you think there would be this big a debate? they want to -- because a background check like you're trying to -- >> we need as many background checks. >> stephanie: you don't understand because you don't know. >> we need as many background checks as possible. sorry. >> stephanie: yes. thank you. okay. let's go to debra in oregon. hello, deb. >> caller: hi there, steph. how are you? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: i am a gun owner. i live in the middle of the woods in oregon. >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> caller: i feel that -- oh, let me start over. from the beginning of the founding of the country until about the '80s, the to be acco

industry had tremendous power in washington. it wasn't the leaders that changed that. it was the american people that changed their at -- attitudes. the only way this gun thing is going to get fixed has nothing to do with washington. the people of america have got to push it. >> stephanie: i agree. >> caller: they can do it with tobacco and they can do it with guns if they get behind it. >> stephanie: it is interesting. you remember, now we sort of thing it is funny but you can go see a lot of those magazine ads or newspaper ads or tv ads for cigarettes. >> four out of five doctors recommend -- >> stephanie: smoking and they recommend pregnant women smoke to calm themselves down. >> menthol if you have a throat problem. i just would like to say i was raised with five little brothers so i know good mooks when i see them and boy do you have two good ones. >> stephanie: i got a couple good mooks. thank you. >> we're fair to midland.

>> stephanie: doctors really did. they used to say you are tense. you need to smoke more. >> what was that? four out of five doctors recommend filtered chesterfields? >> stephanie: right! of course. >> they'll help with your t-zone. >> stephanie: as your pregnancy progresses -- >> not important right now. >> have combination skin? >> stephanie: your baby seems tense. here, you need some unfiltered cigarettes. okay. all right. eric boehlert coming up. he has -- you know that's what we already knew. why this benghazi stuff was so disgraceful. they cut $400 million from embassy funding in the ryan budget. we'll talk to him about that. as we continue on "the stephanie miller show."

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>> i'm a bit of a germ ma phobe so you'll pardon me if i don't kiss -- >> stephanie miller -- >> on the lips. >> stephanie: do it. 1-800-steph-12. >> dogs have been there first. >> stephanie: they wanted it. mitch mcconnell talking about the sequester yesterday. >> as a result of the administration's poor planning -- >> stephanie: yeah, that's it. >> i would argue political motives, thousands of people were stuck on tarmacs over the last few days. >> stephanie: yes. >> that's the real tragedy so that rich people can fly in their private jets. >> stephanie: jay carney yesterday. >> congress had an opportunity

but republicans made a choice and this is a result of a choice they made to embrace the sequester as an a victory for the tea party and a home run i'm quoting the republicans. >> oops. >> stephanie: he went on to say -- >> our interest is in eliminating the sequester entirely. it never should have become law. >> stephanie: speaking of which, eric boehlert has been tweeting about this all morning. i'm looking at a daily coast piece. house g.o.p. paul ryan cut $400 million from embassy safety funding and screamed about how this, of course, was all the president's fault. eric joins us now. good morning eric boehlert. >> good morning. >> stephanie: i'm trying to trick you into becoming my cohost every day. [ laughter ] but you know you link to this piece. house republicans cut the administration's request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million if fiscal 2012. last year, secretary of state clinton warned that republicans proposed cuts to her department

would be detrimental to america's national security. a charge, of course, republicans rejected at the time. ryan, asa and others voted for an amendment to cut $2 billion from state operations including funds for 300 more domestic security position. it really is incredible, right? >> yeah. because the reason i highlighted that bast was the house republicans released this report on benghazi, their gotcha, six or seven months later they and fox news have been trying to gin this up into something that it's not other than a tragic loss of american lives. so their gotcha was ah-ha! hillary clinton signed off on you know, security staff reductions and you know, she's to blame and you know, she might have lied before congress. they're new talking point 17th or 18th since last september is hillary clinton put american lives at risk by

cutting security, embassy security. and it is kind of a weird place to land as your last resort considering republicans, as you just read from that mother jones piece, on the record for wanting to cut security. embassy security. famous clip last fall where republican from utah was on cable news. and i think it was -- he was asked about this. he said absolutely i voted to cut embassy security because we needed to get our house in order. then two steps later he was blaming the administration. for not having benghazi secure. >> stephanie: it is what we're seeing now eric. there are consequences from these kind of cuts. and you know, line of attack of just blaming the president for anything is not -- for everything is not working. >> right. so the chant is austerity but then when things don't go well, when you cut funding, it is the president's fault. and it is a cover-up and why -- right. so sequester or benghazi.

you know paul ryan wanted to cut -- you name it! if you go back in that budget. the cuts he wanted to make. and they were just being tough and they were saving the next generation and this is what america had to do. but, by the way, when people don't like the consequences, it is obama's fault. if you're going to have the courage to cut stuff and cut stuff that people like like keeping, you know, american diplomats safe if you're going to step forward and say you know, like it or not this is what we've got to do, that's fine. but then when there's an attack or then when sequester doesn't work out you can't run on fox and say you know, look what obama did. >> stephanie: i love this, i think the g.o.p. should apologize to the family members for politicizing their deaths and falsely smear obama b for cutting funding that could have been used to prevent the attack and possibly saving their lives.

they should apologize to president obama and his administration. obviously a lot of people have been bringing up 9-11 in the wake of boston. with 3,000 americans were killed on u.s. soil, we didn't try to use it to bring down a president we didn't like. we put our differences aside. i have no confidence or proof republicans would do the same if the tables were turned. the iraq war is what polarize bush and turned half the country against him among other things. saying i won't hold my breath because of course they won't apologize to anybody. right? >> that was a great daily coast post from last year. you mentions boston and charlie pierce, calls it the great mulligan. because we're talking about the reopening of the bush library and jennifer reuben had this piece at the "washington post" yesterday saying, you know, bush is back and he kept us safe and eric bolling and fox us in media matters said since 9-12-11 until the time he left office, bush

totally kept america safe. charlie pierce writes, you know, the 9-11 has become the great mulligan. bush kept his safe if you don't pay attention to the 3,000 americans. killed on 9-11. so fox news, of course they're blaming obama for the boston attacks. >> stephanie: of course. >> it is his policies that led to the boston bombing. and these are the people that say bush kept us safe. oh, but, by the way 3,000 people died on 9-11. it is just -- >> which is also obama's fault apparently. >> stephanie: eric, we've had right wing callers -- i'm like really? are you really comparing this to 9-11? really? >> benghazi was 9-11. so, you know, it has been cheapened relentlessly by conservatives during the obama years. >> stephanie: nice that americans are rooting for president obama's 9-11, aren't they? >> they're rooting for failure and they're kind of rooting for terrorist attacks and all of this kind of thing.

>> stephanie: yep. >> i think the sequester is a terrorist attack. >> stephanie: yeah. i know. some of the stuff we have done to our own budget, eric, terrorists couldn't have even have thought of to our own economy. >> it's true. it all goes -- look, if you're going to talk about the economy and the spending, you have to talk about bush whether he's opening a nice, new library this week or not. the wars cost a lot of money. and he didn't have the money for it and we're still paying for that. >> stephanie: yep. eric, thanks for letting me trick you into coming on. i will find something else to trick you to come on tomorrow for. thanks honey. >> glossed right over that. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: he's not easily tricked. bush the library is open, everybody. tour of the george w. bush library and museum begins in a bright area. representing his early domestic agenda. i bet you that optimist cal is in there. with one turn, visitors find themselves in a darkened room

surrounded by remierpsd of 9-11. it chronicles all of the bush disasters including the wars in iraq afghanistan katrina the recount. it uses news clip to interactive screens to tell the story of bush's eight years in office. a container of chads. remember that? remember when he didn't really get elected in the first place? >> a container of chads. >> stephanie: part of the exhibit. a decision points theatre lined with rose of interactive screens will put visitors in the shoes of the president. if you really are a dummy with your shoes tied together. it provides facts for them to decide such questions as to whether to invade iraq. >> computer says no. >> with quotations around facts? >> i wonder if that presidential daily briefing is in there. >> good job brownie. >> stephanie: you get to be the decider like him. i'm the decider guy. the museum features a section on life at the white house displaying a ball that obviously got some heavy use by the bush's late dog barney.

ball covered with barney spit? all right. a full-scale replica -- >> like your house. >> stephanie: a full-scale replica of the oval office leads outside to a rose garden. i wonder if you get to roll on ruggy and color. >> have to clear out. >> stephanie: the center also features a 15 acre park, re-creating a texas prairie. maybe you can clear your own brush. >> wait a minute. it is in texas. why do they need to re-create a texas prairie? >> stephanie: because he's a moron. >> see what i did? >> stephanie: could have made that an outdoor area and it would have been texas you idiot. i got an idea. let's green screen so it looks like texas in here. prairie. >> oh, my god. >> stephanie: really? do you get the clear brush? does the secret service come in front of you putting brush there? he recently took up oil painting. inspired by british prime

minister winston churchill. who he's exactly like. he signs his works 43. i'm a beginner and i tell people that the signature on my paintings is worth more than the paintings. none of them are worth much of anything you -- do we have some audio from the george w. bush museum? funny you should ask. yes, we do. >> welcome to my libary. during the tour, please keep your hands and feet inside at all times. some of the exhibits are very poignant, especially the ones about 9-11. that fateful day when i here here owe click braved the possibility of imminent destruction, had me under a chair and pooping myself. here is the hero cal moment. see the actual copy of my pet goat which i read to the kids as all heck broke loose. try not to notice the poop stains. speaking of poop stains, here is a picture of turd blossom aka karl rove.

actually, it is a picture of his butt from when he sat on the xerox machine. he helped steal the election for me. twice. speaking of which, here is a jar full of chads. there's dimpled chads hang chads, a picture of chad everett. chad kroger from nickelback. and chad loe. the actual chad lowe, the lesser low. i feel your pain, buddy. and here's -- the famous blow horn, i bravely used when i stood on the pile of rubble and heroically shouted can you hear me now? is this thing on? is the refrigerator running? >> we come from mars. resistance is futile.

>> lastly, here's some of my paintings. actually, i prefer a work in crayon especially periwinkle. it is a weird color periwinkle. sounds kind of gay. here is a picture of barney. one of my famous bicycle -- baseball cards in the spokes. rat-a-tat. i love that thing. and here's one of me in the shower. and here's my favorite. it is a picture of my wiener. [ screaming ] where are you all going? come on! [ screaming ] >> we've got tex-mex. okay. suit yourself. more for me. that's good. >> stephanie: okay. [ applause ] >> tex-mex. there is a cuisine. >> stephanie: now you don't need to go see the library.

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breath. it is available at target, walgreens and other fine stores, therabreath. 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. mickey in south dakota. hi mickey. >> caller: howdy. hi mooks. say, i want to comment on that minnesota talk show host. that said he will tell the parents of newtown to go to hell. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: in their faces is what he said. well let's take a collection up and send him there and see how much he can do -- >> stephanie: he's been offered that. i guess he bravely declined that, i guess. >> caller: oh, no balls at all. >> stephanie: no. gary in louisiana on ricin guy. we have some new information. hello, gary. >> caller: hello. how you doing? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: i saw the interview that wayne kevin curtis yesterday and the guy is hilarious. >> stephanie: he was wearing a red shirt and a -- he's wacky

ricin guy. >> caller: yeah. the press asked him what's the first thing you're going to do now that you're free. he said i have to find my dog because he ran away when all of the feds rushed me at my mailbox. >> stephanie: his dog is named mookow? >> caller: his brother had already found him but he didn't know that. he offered to give all of the women in the state foot massages. >> stephanie: did he really? >> caller: yes, he did. >> stephanie: did he say he was going to spend more time on the elvis impersonator judging scandal? or organ harvesting? >> caller: he didn't get into anything serious. >> stephanie: jim, as you said who hasn't woken up in a bathtub full of ice with your kidney missing? >> now that's a party. >> stephanie: what the hell did i do? i don't know what to say. a second mississippi man -- this just gets betterrer and betterrer, chris. a second mississippi man is being vected in the ricin case.

ducci. he apparently had feuded like the hatfields and mccoys down there, feuded with paul kevin curtis the elvis impersonator who had maintained his innocence. ducci and holland know each other as well, the judge in the case? this story just gets weirder and weirder. in 2007, he lost his republican bid for a seat in the mississippi house of representatives to holland's son. democratic representative steve holland who was the incumbent. steve holland had previously said during the political rally ducci gave a speech disparaging the holland family including him, his mother and his wife. holland said his mother who spoke just after ducci at the rally called him back on the stage and said you're not going to disparage me, now you apologize. they returned to the stage and got down on his knees and apologized but ducci disputed that tuesday. that's just steve holland being

steve holland added he did not apologize for anything. he's a bit grandiose with the way he describes things. ducci and curtis no strangers. they had a disagreement in the last contact they had was in 2010. ducci threatened to sue curtis for saying he was a member of mensa. >> that's a sueable offense? call. >> member of mensa? maybe in the south. [ laughter ] i don't know. >> i tell you what. you're a member of mensa. >> stephanie: take that! okay. because i have some french music, please. we salute the french. they've just legalized gay marriage. ♪ >> stephanie: socialist

president -- he's actually a socialist, francois holland is expected to sign it. despite many -- we've been speak french and russian this morning. despite many in the country remaining fiercely opposed to it, gays rising as the -- majority favor equal right but center right have embraced the protest as a way of opposing. >> you don't pronounce the h. it is silent. anti-gay marriage -- [ laughter ] anti-gay marriage protestors have begun calling their movement french spring with about 45,000 marching in paris. >> stephanie: what's gayer than paris? settle down, people. >> although some of those protests are getting a little violent. gay people are getting beat up.

>> stephanie: i know. they just don't like the president. is it holland? >> stephanie: meanwhile back in the u.s.a. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] rhode island state senate committee voted to advance a bill to legalizes same-sex marriage sending the bill to the senate. rhode island now the only state in new england without gay marriage. let's get with it, people. [ speaking foreign language ] >> stephanie: this is just the international house of comedy this morning. our favorite character besides mischa -- [ ♪ dramatic ♪ ] mischa was tamerlan's friend, boston bombing guy. who apparently radicalized him. >> played by alexander godunov. >> who was married to jacqueline bisset. >> was not the albino in the

movie starring goldie hawn. >> that wasn't the guy from "the money pit." that was shelley long's former boyfriend. >> stephanie: zubeldot. >> i know that my kid has nothing to do with it. i know it. i'm mother. i know my kid. i know my kid. my kid would never get involved into anything like that. >> stephanie: okay. all right. their friend, it was boris and natasha. it was not my boys. >> orl lay tate -- orly taitz should be her lawyer. >> if you're listening. she's the best lawyer in america and the best dentist. >> and the best realtor. >> stephanie: right? do it, please! >> realtor/dentist/lawyer. >> stephanie: hot brie in the

city coming up next on "the stephanie miller show."

>> stephanie: okay. hour number three. a certain member of our truffle melissa fitzgerald will be here in a moment. >> she lived up to her name over the weekend as she served hot brie. >> stephanie: she did, indeed. >> i went to the grilled cheese invitational and did nothing but eat grilled cheese all day. came to your house. >> stephanie: your diet -- your diet is exactly the same as wolf blitzer's. >> more cheese. >> why wasn't i apprised of this

cheese fest? of this competition? >> amazing. it was just like truck after truck after truck of cheese. >> i wasn't there? >> stephanie: i'll do a story coming up this hour in case you're a little backed up because of that. here's what will help. if you happen to be in the bathroom with a tiger as one circus goer in idaho found herself. >> that will help. that will get you in and out quickly. >> stephanie: here we go. in the current news center, jacki schechner. >> good morning, everybody. the syrian electronic army, a group says it is responsible for hacking the ap twitter feed and sending the tweet that caused the stock market to plummet some 140 points in just minutes yesterday. this is the fake tweet that turned up claiming two explosions had rocked the white house, injuring the president. now most seasoned twitter users recognize the hoax as a hack immediately but that did not stop some 1500 retweets. the ap says today it its account was suspended now secure and back up and running.

the sea has hacked a wide variety of accounts from the world cup account to npr on april 15th. house speaker john boehner says if federal agencies fail to share information pertaining to boston bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev, he is confident that a congressional investigation will get to the bottom of it. >> i have concerns about what agencies knew what and the fact that it wasn't shared but i think our committees in the coming days and weeks will get to the bottom of this so we'll have real facts at our disposal. >> of specific concern is his trip to russia in 2012 and whether the fbi and homeland security shared information pertaining to it. homeland security secretary janet napolitano says her department was aware of the trip. the fbi says it wasn't. and hillary clinton is giving her first paid speech today since leaving her post as secretary of state. she's going to address the national multihousing council in dallas for a reported fee of

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jumping into the breach, hot brie. >> but i'm very happy that -- >> stephanie: you know why this is good for you because your nephew will get a lab rats poster out of this. >> i'm thrilled. they actually think i'm cool now >> he did say he has the autographs. >> did he really? yes! they're going to be so excited. they're like do you know any of the younger people? >> no. i just know the old people. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: we viewed this earlier. official obama surrogate. her nephew didn't care. just went oh, my god, the dad from lab rats! you know the dad from lab rats. >> he went like this with his arm, he threw it out. i know it is radio. he threw it out and he said you know the dad from lab rats. >> stephanie: magical coolness. those are the sitcom nephews that we refer to. what's the latest one? because i'm hoping this will be

"the stephanie miller show" catchphrase? when you say -- shut your pie hole. >> he says shut your pothole. i'm like it is pie hole. he said no it's not. shut your pothole. >> stephanie: i think we're going to change that. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: shut your pothole. >> shut your cake hole. >> they don't have as much pie over there anymore. >> stephanie: in honor of melissa, can i have my squeezy mcfeel pants music. melissa, don't fall for this. this is probably jim online. best selling author seeks female participant for erotic novel research. laugh laugh erotic novelist chad somebody -- chad again? >> chad peters wow that's a porn name. >> stephanie: he posted an ad on craigslist for a 30-day love affair which he plans to turn

into a book. >> right. research. >> stephanie: according to peters, his first novel, an ebook called the affair, a 30-day experiment on love become a best-seller on amazon. he's now preparing to write a sequel to the affair. here's where we all come in. the book will detail every aspect of a mutually agreed to romantic affair between myself and a young he didn't male lover, perhaps -- and a young female lover perhaps you. experienced over 30 days. if you agree to participate in this project, you will keep a diary of all of your thoughts and memories of the 30-day affair we'll share. i'm guessing all of which are you're a douche. day two, you're still a douche. day three, i hate you. i want my records back. i will combine your written thoughts with my own to present the reader with two version of the same erotic story. there are always two versions. >> her version is get off me! what are you doing? >> stephanie: use craigslist

to get a girlfriend. i hate you. prospective applicants must be at least 20 with a clean bill of sexual health who is preferably an english or writing major. and they say your degree was going to be worthless. >> well, i qualify. >> stephanie: i got a degree from penn. >> i do have an english degree. and i'm over 20. >> stephanie: perfect. all right. so we were talking to you about the day the senate bill failed because really to the chagrin of many people in congress, you were on a road trip from l.a. to san francisco in the backseat with speed dial and a lot of time on your hands. >> you never want that. me with a phone and time and i'm pissed. >> stephanie: i don't know who this was you were bitching at but you said i'm an out of work actress and i have a lot of time on my hands.

>> i did! >> stephanie: there's nothing worse than an actor activist. with a little free time. >> you don't want to mess with that person. it was a car accident. it was their fault and they were trying to make it my fault and his lawyer was -- this was many years ago. i was like this is totally unethical. you're the reason lawyers have bad names and blah, blah, blah, i'm unemployed, i have time on my hands, don't mess with me. >> stephanie: then she slammed down her 1940s telephone. >> but he did drop it. he was wrong. i said if you put that guy on the stand, i will pursue it and he will be lying and blah, blah, blah. as if i were a lawyer. >> stephanie: there you go. [phone slamming down] >> stephanie: she's something like out of a 1950s movie. we were all at my house for a party saturday. she said might i use your telephone. [phone ringing] >> stephanie: hello. 1950s movie. might i use your land line?

>> pennsylvania 65,000. >> stephanie: we were saying there's been so much news. we don't want this to get lost. i've already started torturing senators the way i can with bette midler music. >> i love it. i think it's great. >> stephanie: because god is watching them. it is based on a michael tomasky piece in the "daily beast." >> actually, good idea. call up and play that on the message machines. i think people could do that. that would be a good idea. >> stephanie: hello mitch mcconnell's office. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> this bill is a clear overreach that will predominantly harass our friends and neighbors and our families to. protect the right of law-abiding citizens of the commonwealth of kentucky i will vote against s. 649. ♪ god is watching ♪ >> trying to take it to the violent criminal rather than taking it to the innocent second

amendment law-abiding citizen. ♪ god is watching us ♪ >> this is the first step in the erosion of our rights under the second amendment. ♪ from a distance ♪ >> stephanie: watching you. >> how about the right not to get shot in the face. >> who shouldn't have one legally. this is what's so infuriating. they're making it something about it is not about. if you really believe you're right, tell the flippin' truth and let people decide. don't mislead people. and i think that would be a great campaign to call up senators and play that flippin' song. i'm not kidding. i think people should do that because they have blood on their hands, all of them for real! and every child that's killed by somebody or every person that's killed or injured by somebody after this is on their hands. shouldn't have a gun. i'm sorry. >> stephanie: we talked about this. in the mike tomasky piece he says this unimaginably brave mother that did an open casket. >> her son's jaw was blown off. >> stephanie: i want you to see what this really is. we were saying on the other side

of the debate, we have this -- what is he, talk show host in minneapolis telling newtown families to go to hell. that's where we're at in this debate? >> it is cruel. it is absolutely cruel and ignorant. >> he doesn't have the balls to go to newtown. >> we need to send melissa fitzgerald. she is pretty but she will cut a bitch. >> i won't say it but you know i was in -- i will cut people. >> you're not allowed to say that. and only -- do that. >> stephanie: i will send my other, jacki schechner i will girl gang those bastards. if you've read the letter, you don't want to mess with a sorority girl of any kind. >> i deactivated in ten minutes. >> stephanie: we can reactivate you. like a russian -- like a russian villain. >> by alexander godunov. >> stephanie: like reggie

jackson in naked gun. >> must, kill, the queen. >> stephanie: you did a show the other day. you were -- and you were -- you actually texted. you're like oh, my god i just got in a fight in the green room. you don't want to get her wound up about gun stuff. >> it was a pro gun activist and he was horrible. he's not a horrible person but i thought what he was saying and what he stood for and what he was fighting for was so wrong and so misplaced and he was really actively trying to mislead me and derail the conversation from what it was really about. and it is infuriating. it is infuriating. he was talk really fast at me. i actually said you're speaking so quickly i cannot understand you. >> stephanie: it is the bruce almighty technique. but a background check would really -- [jim babbling] >> stephanie: but there is a

loophole -- it is actually a debating technique. mitt romney used it in that one -- what is it called? >> fish out of water? >> no. >> who knows. i can't remember now. >> stephanie: it is like phish -- something. it is like -- you shoot so many lies and talking points at once that you can't -- it is like a 100-round clip. >> i know that what you're saying is not true. i don't -- i can't prove it at the moment. but i know it is not true. >> stephanie: well, i have my weapon is a finger because i can just hang up. i just do this. [dial tone] >> stephanie: because they try to prey on you. honey, sweetie, you don't understand. listen, it is already in the law, sweetie. >> that's so true. i feel like -- i do feel sometimes like people are talking down to me because i'm a woman, in these issues. >> stephanie: we get the same guy.

darlin', you don't understand. it is already in the law. there's no need for background checks at gun shows. stop it! just because -- you know what i mean? they try to like -- you don't understand what kind of clip -- i understand enough! to know that we don't need military assault weapons on our streets. >> exactly. he actually -- they actually brought something up if you're a 5'2" woman and -- i said no, i don't want a gun because the chances of me hurting myself or somebody rels greater than me protecting myself, number one. number two i can probably get one if i want one. i'm not saying somebody like me can't get a gun. >> stephanie: i can attest to that as your friend, you're spazzier than i am. >> totally. >> which end are the bullets coming out of? >> i only use butter knives. >> stephanie: david bender fixed my -- you know how my computer knowledge -- yeah, i thought i broke my computer

because i couldn't download anymore. he was like you just do this. i was like you just fixed it. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] >> you touched two buttons at the same time. >> stephanie: guns, not a good idea. which end does it come out of? here's the other reason you're here. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] hot brie in the "daily beast" memo the aaron sorkin model of political discourse doesn't actually work. not only were you on west wing, aaron sorkin's show, this is what we hate. we're both happy clappy obama apologists. i hate people going -- maureen dow wrote a piece. it is like the world doesn't work like an aaron sorkin drama. in terms of -- they think it is this easy. if the president only said this to this senator or gave this speech. right. that's the problem. he didn't talk about drinking sand. >> people want leadership, mr. president. in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. they want leadership.

they're so thirsty for it, they'll crawl toward the desert for a mirage. they'll drink the sand. >> people don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. they drink the sand because they don't know the difference. >> stephanie: okay. >> i know someone who has -- she eats dirt. >> stephanie: all right. i got to hear about that. >> we'll hear about it after the break. >> stephanie: this is from the "daily beast." the west wing is not real and other political insights. >> let's not get crazy. >> i've seen it. it is there. >> stephanie: we'll discuss west wing with west wing actress who canceled a hike with allison janney so. [ ♪ nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ] who's the boss of her now? 19 minutes after the hour. more hot brie on "the stephanie miller show." >> oh, my god, this is so amazing. it is all anybody in my class is talking about. >> announcer: it's "the

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now, chris for no apparent reason would like jim ward to sing moon river as george w. bush through the blow horn in honor of the new bush libary. >> stephanie: okay. ♪ moon river ♪ ♪ wider than a mile ♪ ♪ i'm crossing you in style some day ♪ ♪ you dream maker ♪ ♪ you heartbreaker ♪ ♪ wherever you're going, i'm going your way ♪ ♪ off to see the world ♪ ♪ there's a lot of world to see ♪ ♪ we're after the same rainbow walking around with my huckleberry friend ♪ >> stephanie: all right. >> did you say huckleberry finn? >> huckleberry hound. >> stephanie: i was reminiscing my mom used to sing and play the piano very badly.

my dad said that's what we need. another pollock on the piano. >> stephanie: she also would sing mona lisa which is very high-pitched and my schnauzer katy, would sing along. cutest thing. good girl. in soprano. >> stephanie: let's do this. because we were talking about gun nuts calling with stuff about -- things we don't know about like gun show loopholes. scott in florida. you're on with melissa. hey, scott. >> caller: hey, stephanie, how are you? >> stephanie: good. >> caller: i love your show and chris and jim, you guys are wonderful, too. you know, i'm calling in regard to the guy that called in about the gun shows and the dealers. and i just got a little -- here's a little fact for your listeners and viewers out there. cnn, go to that web site. and they look up the video called want to buy a gun anonymously.

14 days ago michael savage went into the state of georgia and alabama to a gun show to see how easy it would be to buy firearms. now, what they did is they sent a guy in undercover wearing a camera and at the end of the day, the guy came out strictly paid cash for all of the firearms with a bushmaster just like the one that was used in newtown and three handguns. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: no i.d. was ever asked for. they filled out no paperwork. and he said that even -- not even the first name was exchanged between the seller and the buyer. >> stephanie: wow. >> caller: these weapons went out the door completely untraceable. now, if that's not scary enough for people in this country to understand that, you know, not just the mentally ill can walk in there and purchase these guns but people who are in this country can walk into a gun show

and load up and walk away and the guns are completely untraceable. that's why you know, i'm just -- truly and strongly believe in this country, one of two things has to happen. with have to have the universal background check or they gotta make it illegal for gun shows and private sales and make gun owners, if they want to resale, do a resale of the firearm. then they go take it back to the licensed dealer at the store and sell it to them. >> stephanie: thank you, honey. >> they want the second amendment to apply to the entire world. terrorists from anywhere. >> stephanie: guess who else wants congress to get off their ass, melissa? snoop lion. >> formerly snoop dogg. >> stephanie: i'm changing my name to randi rhodes. nothing she can do about it this afternoon. it is 29 after. >> you have a copyright lawyer? >> stephanie: right back on "the stephanie miller show."

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>> announcer: stephanie miller. >> well, it's really kind of simple, see. i speak into this. and my voice is instantaneously transmitted out where it's heard by well over 100 people. >> stephanie: do not overestimate. 34 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. looks jim! who it is. >> announcer: and now on the phone from chicago -- >> hold on everybody it's road flare mary! >> stephanie: good morning mary. >> caller: good morning. i just had a comment.

you keep bashing bush, okay. his legacy. what has the phony in the white house, what legacy does he have? why don't he open a museum in chicago? >> stephanie: because he's not done yet. >> in chicago and call it guns, blood, gangbangers, you know. why don't they do that? and maybe they can borrow from the film museum, you know, bushman, the gorilla over there. >> stephanie: oh, i see. is that a racial joke, mary? >> no. it would be an attraction. >> i see. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: i think it is. you know, jim was right. come back. i think that sorority girl stole the phrase [ bleep ] from jim. because he left a message that melissa and i listened to on my machine. >> that's why jim left. >> stephanie: i've never heard that word used as a noun, verb,

adjective, preposition. >> and an interjection for excitement. >> stephanie: sorority girl would be be like he's awesome. that is impressive. all right. i was saying snoop lion changed his name, i guess. [ ♪ battle hymn of republic ♪ ] i guess you're allowed to do that. he was talking about the gun stuff in congress. politicians, pay attention man. this world we live in, it is so easy to get your hands on a gun. you gotta put restrictions on it. i can go outside right now and buy a gun. you should think about it before it hits one of your family members or affects someone personally you know. it shouldn't take that. these kids who keep losing their lives, innocent people who keep losing their lives we have to speak up for them. we have tho make a change. if i can say and i mean it, [ bleep ] get off your asses and make it happen. >> lovin' some snoop. don't blame him. he's just sayin' the truth!

[ laughter ] >> stephanie: sitcom laugh track. all right. congress, shot your pothole! all right. so we were talking about this piece in the "daily beast" because you know, it just seems like -- and maureen dowd, other liberals, the president just can't do anything right whether it is on gun control or whatever. they're just saying west wing, which you were on -- >> yes. >> stephanie: congress is not actually west wing. she just writes i wrote that many political commentators have an actualel of how the world works rather than a convenience. the way you get what you want is to make an extreme demand so you can be bargained down. in real life, this frequently misfires not least because if it worked, your counter party would start making equally outrageous demands. nonetheless, extremely common delusion among activists. we had this conversation, you got into a dinner party fight somewhere with a very extreme liberal which i do that all the time. >> i'm always getting into

fights. i have to change something. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it is your inner tridelta coming out. sometimes there is a difference. we're democrats and want to get people elected and get stuff done. >> reasonable democrats. it annoys me. go ahead. >> i think ultimately, you know, i think this piece is excellent because it breaks it down. who's up for re-election. who's in a pro gun state? who is the cost to them for taking a vote on this? and whether the president invites them over for dinner or not, i don't think it is going to make a difference. if they're up for re-election in 2014, they're going to lose. the nra will dump a ton of money and back a candidate against them. oh, okay because the president has you for dinner and says you have to do this. they're going to do it? baloney. and at the end of the day the song "god is watching" but we, the voters, we have to be watching too. that's the thing. we have to be watching and we have to be calling and we have to be taking action.

and i know that it's hard to do but we have to. because the nra is -- and the nra membership and when, you know, small percentages of people show up to vote in primaries and show up to vote, period, and then we complain about it we gotta get to the polls and we gotta get our friends and neighbor to the polls. >> stephanie: don't get me wrong, i wish the president would give the assault weapons speech and marry annette bening. >> he already has a lovely wife. not the annette bening part. >> stephanie: theoretically. my point is -- she writes in this piece, there were ways to get 60 votes. the white house just had to scratch it out with a real strategy and never let go attitude. it is hard to cat locket ways in which this is wrong. because you're somebody thinking about running for congress in pennsylvania. you know the realities of politics. and this is what she writes. she says the american president and the west wing are not searing portrayals of management. they're drama. first question is not how is this really works. is it entertaining?

and the second is can the audience understand this in less than 30 seconds. voracity is way down the list. >> i mean, look, i think on "west wing," of course, i'm biased. we portrayed things as accurately as possible within the context of it's a drama. >> you have to take some license. >> also different issues have different consequences. when you've got nra with all of this money and this political will to really make it happen and vote people out, i don't think the president you know, putting on his brass knuckles will make a darn bit of difference and could make it worse frankly. >> stephanie: jed bartlett doesn't win because of his amazingly tactical skills or the sheer persuasiveness of his gran et-faced brand. he wants republicans to lose on major issues. unfortunately for lib berals, boehner doesn't have his lines faxed over from hollywood every morning. if only they had did.

allison janney, your friend, she said by the way just because i was on the show, i don't really know anything about politics. >> she's also super modest but yes. >> stephanie: you tell her how to vote. you tell her what to do. but jim, you always say this about lyndon johnson would have done this or that. i have my dad and goldwater to thank. she points out lyndon johnson's '64 landslide swept in 255 democrats. johnson led the liberal coalition that fdr had dreamed of. when you talk about arm twisting he didn't have much to do is what the point is. >> did he have like filibuster crazy republicans in there either? who are threatening? >> he also had been in the house for a long time. he knew his way around congress. >> stephanie: this is what she writes. lyndon johnson could do a little arm twisting. obama needed to arm twist half the house a substantial number in the senate thanks to the rise of the filibuster. beside the fact that we have all

of these democrats that voted for this. what does he do about that? >> yeah. i mean, look, why is this a partisan issue? this should not be a partisan issue. this is not -- this is not about taking people's rights away. it is about back ground checks. this is not a big flipping deal. when you've got joe manchin and pat toomey being the two people who are proposing this, then you know it is not some crazy left wing thing. it should not be the ownership of the democratic party. it shouldn't be. it is not good for the issue. i don't get it. >> stephanie: she finishes by saying today progressives want gun control. a large of them need to make it their top issue. move to states where they might plusbly change the makeup of congress. until then, they'll keep losing. because i know, you looked at the sheer numbers go how can this happen? how can 92% of the country want one thing and they can get away with voting the other. what they're saying is liberals don't vote on the issue when it comes time. >> frankly, a lot of us don't even vote, period. we don't show up. we don't show up in primaries and we don't show up in general elections. and this is why we lose!

when we show up, we win! because usually on issues like this i mean, where it is -- if you do your homework a little bit, it is pretty clear what's right and also, isn't the word regulated in there? >> stephanie: right in the constitution. right, jim? >> so why is it saying -- >> well regulated militia. >> thank you. >> it says right there in the second amendment. >> the only amendment in the constitution that has to do with regulations. >> why is it such a big deal? teeny tiny regulation like a background check? >> stephanie: she breaks this all down politically. this has little to do with the fearsome powfort nra. it has to do with gun owners who will do their best to unelect any politician who votes to deprive them of what they view as constitutional rights. they're more likely to live in swing states than most avid gun controllers. progressives who cram themselves into a handful of cities unlike

progressives put a large number of issue taxes abortion, welfare programs much higher on their list of priorities. so they're saying by 2014 -- baucus is already out. >> yeah. hello! couldn't very had a courageous move on your way out, dude? >> stephanie: exactly. but she just finishes by saying this matters in a way it didn't for lbj or fdr. obama has been unfavorably compared to by his progressive supporters. in the '70s, the house changed any such similarly sweeping agendas will ever be enacted again. that's what depresses me. it seems ungovernable now. how do you get anything done if you can't get this done? >> i don't know. i really think this is a great moment for us as voters and citizens to turn this around. i think if we turn it around and exercise our power a i think we can. b, i think it will send a message. don't mess with us. >> stephanie: somebody brought up -- the cigarette industry today. and that was the point of mike

tomasky's piece is this could be the tipping point where things turn around, finally. the president said we've just begun to fight. this is round one. >> but he can't do it without us. we all sort of look to him to do everything. and he can't do it without us. we're the voters. we need to go into the booths and cast our votes and we need to make sure all of our friends and neighbors do it, too. i want to start a super pac. >> stephanie: we got her wound up! hang on, everybody. hot brie is on a roll. >> saying all kinds of mean things about the people who voted no. >> stephanie: there you go. tim in illinois is with us. he's a conservative, right, tim? >> caller: yes. >> stephanie: go ahead. >> caller: i totally agree and support the background check thing. i'm a conservative. i'm a gun owner. i see no problem -- i live in illinois. i'm from california, as well. i'm totally used to kind of strict gun laws. i can walk into a store and in 72 hours, have a handgun.

i have to fill out all of that background stuff. i have a card so i had to wait six months to get that. i've done everything legal. everything proper and everything ethical and honest and i think sometimes though, we feel like you on the left aren't listening to us. we want to reach out -- >> stephanie: i'm sorry, what did you say? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i am listening. >> more reasonable guys. >> stephanie: back with the remaining moments of hot brie in the city as we continue on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: red, white and steph. it's "the stephanie miller show." agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us.

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we skipped totally over you have a friend that has pica. >> she eats dirt because she needs iron. if it rains she's like old me back! she's like hold me back. i want to dirt! i want some dirt. a lot of people have it. >> stephanie: i did not know that. they'll eat their own hair. >> things that aren't meant to be eaten. >> she doesn't. just dirt. >> stephanie: strictly dirt. >> that's not could be confused where you compulsively pull your eyelashes out. that's another disease. i think it is like pica. >> stephanie: i have no idea what that's relevant to. probably nothing. >> i don't think that's about any kind of vitamin or mineral deficiency. >> stephanie: okay. all right. okay. and we -- we support you dirt eaters. we do not judge. we're not judgey here. [ applause ] we've been talking about -- because there was so much news, i wanted to make sure we didn't miss the gun stuff. it is so important.

>> it is. >> stephanie: gun control groups allies plot 2014 comeback. as thed said, this is not over. we'll see. again, if the people on the other side the people telling the newtown families to go to hell and the other guy said gabby giffords couldn't have possibly written that herself. >> jeff flake, the senator from arizona, friends with the giffords and mark kelly. their super pac is going to put something up against them. and we all need to get out and vote for that person they put o up against them. get them out of office. >> stephanie: mark kelly started taunting him by tweets even though they're friends. shout out to kay hagan. she was on the fence and voted for the background check bill. so yea gotta give out a yeah. david axelrod says until people lose their jobs, it will be hard to defeat the nra.

i don't want to see any mournful press releases from senators who voted ghens legislation the next time there is a mass murder. they don't have the moral standing to engage on these issues. >> i totally agree with you. if they do, we have to call them out on it. >> stephanie: you know why? god is watching. >> don't play it again. >> we have to back that up. the voters gotta back that up on the watching. >> stephanie: call them and say you're going to [ bleep ] them. >> don't use that language on the -- >> you're right. we have to be respectful. that's the way we get stuff done. call and say thank you. i called senator toomey's office. thank you for having the courage to do this. it made me proud. i'm from pennsylvania and i'm proud of what you did. i'm proud. >> stephanie: little carrot, little stick. she had already given out a lot of sticks. she had one carrot left in her bag. okay. let's go to cindy in texas on this issue. >> carrot sticks. >> stephanie: hi, cindy. >> i wasn't going to comment on the bush thing.

really want to talk about the second amendment but i think i need to exercise my first amendment and say are you kidding me with this library thing? how much shame do we have to suffer aztecs ans? i thought maybe -- >> stephanie: re-created a texas prairie scene at taxpayer expense. >> caller: anyway, crazy! i didn't like bush one. i didn't like bush the sequel even less. i'm sorry. i was appalled. i'll get to my point. first of all i am not a gun owner. i am not a gun owner for a couple of reasons. i'm a redneck hillbilly girl. we used to have a bb gun. that's funny. due to an unfortunate incident with my husband and me being angry, nobody got hurt but we don't even have that anymore. >> stephanie: listen, i learned that's probably why

hands of my older brother. he had a bb gun pistol that it started to shoot sideways, it didn't shoot straight. i always got all of his hand-me-downs. he got the big pump action rifle. i'm just like see? you will always be outgunned no matter what you do. >> sounds like that bb gun had prostate issues. >> stephanie: you know what? ahh! i would just hear the pumping and know -- i had to skedaddle because i was already outgunned. i would be like if the government came. >> black helicopter. >> stephanie: you would have a little bb gun pistol that shoots crooked. sometimes it shot grape jelly. all right. i've always been from the island of misfit toys. >> we're a couple of misfits we're a couple of misfits. ♪ what's the matter with misfits, we don't fit in ♪ >> nobody wants to play with jelly in the box.

>> stephanie: also, misha. our favorite new character in the russian crime novel. >> played by alexander godunov. >> stephanie: he looks like yukon cornelius with a big red beard. >> character sniffing] >> nothing. >> stephanie: they're good boys. they did not do anything. >> what mother doesn't say that? my mother used to say that about my youngest brother. not my craig. mom, everybody's wrong. >> stephanie: zubeidat. that's her name. >> but i know that my kid has nothing to do with this. i know it. i am mother. i know my kid. i know my kid. my kid would never get into anything. >> stephanie: i am mother. i am zubeidat. i want to get your thoughts real quick, melissa, before you go. we were talking about ashley

judd's smear helps mitch mcconnell. i sent you this article because this is what gets depressing about politics. right? >> i know. you know, he's rewarded for bad behavior by our own party. >> stephanie: he's really vulnerable. she probably would have been a good candidate. they didn't have her back. >> there is the other side of it. if ashley judd had run which i do wish she had, he could have made it about her, the entire campaign would have been about her. he could run away from his own record. it is time we make him run on his record but in order to do that, we need a decent flippin' candidate on the other side to make him run against the record. >> stephanie: we need some other smokin' hot actress with an ivy league degree! >> do we know anything like that? >> stephanie: hot brie in the city melissa fitzgerald, everybody. we'll see you tomorrow on "the stephanie miller show."